saw some dogs last fall on bare ground- ran great for two days -- on the third day , a little cooler . lot of frost .
one was said to cold trail --always opened first , a second dog was barking more than the rest of the pack - some other dogs definately not barking unless its red hot - saw the hare go by and dogs following ,,a few times -----only the "cold trailer " was barking much -- second dog , here and there - after quite some time of this they all opened and the race was on --- guys said they are jumped now-- i thought they were jumped the first time i saw hare run by -
sometimes ,,, dogs said to only open when hare is jumped may not open then -
when a dog is only seconds behind a hare thats running i think it jumped even if half the pack doesnt think so
on a tough day -
i need that " cold trailer" to move the hare so a more average dog can run it -
over the years ive seen a lot of dogs accused of being cold trailers because they were the only dogs barking --
if hare is moving ,, its not cold trailing -
i have had several dogs that were too happy to cold trail -- too mouthy --brainless , etc etc- have seen dogs that were great when young get to be a real pain in old age ,, but a LOT more dogs that just dont have nose enough - my biggest problem is finding dogs that have nose enuff to run at all- the average beagle ive seen doesnt have enough nose to be useful hunting hare in hunting season here ----lot of them can run ok one day out of ten -
anybody has a real big nose dog they just cant stand , just send him to me -
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